Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who owns, uses, or runs an ‘auto’ or automobile.
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- noun dated one who
drives anautomobile
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Why, it's Mr. Blake!" exclaimed Mr. Bobbsey, seeing that the autoist was a neighbor, and a business friend of his.
The Bobbsey Twins at School Laura Lee Hope
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"Why, it's Mr. Blake!" exclaimed Mr. Bobbsey, seeing that the autoist was a neighbor, and a business friend of his.
The Bobbsey Twins at School Laura Lee Hope
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The "autoist" told an 8-year-old boy to get on the wagon and hold the horse.
unknown title 2009
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In 1915, the first Lincoln Highway guidebook warned the fledgling autoist that "one must expect and put up cheerfully with some unpleasantness" on the road.
Interstate Highways as a Long-Haul Project Patrick Cooke 2011
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And in their fight against what the A.A.F.A.A.A. call "an anti-autoist attack on basic Americanism," have extended solidarity to New York City's favorite sidewalk welcome wagon, the Black Israelites.
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They're simply security -- the same as when an autoist leaves his car as bail.
Tom Swift and His War Tank, or, Doing His Bit for Uncle Sam Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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He hurriedly explained the situation to the others and ran at top speed to the car, in which the boys -- like most careful motorists, who never know when such a piece of apparatus may come in useful for hauling a car out of mud or sand, for instance, or for towing an unlucky autoist home -- had a block and tackle stowed.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Richard Bonner
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"It was a shame to go alone, on this simply perfect day," murmured the autoist, as she drew off one glove to tuck back under her motoring cap a rebellious lock of hair.
The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar Margaret Penrose
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"Well, I declare!" exclaimed the autoist, as his engine stopped.
The Bobbsey Twins at School Laura Lee Hope
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"I'll wager fifty dollars I can beat you bad on this three-mile stretch," went on the autoist.
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, the Speediest Car on the Road Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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